1. Dark Angel Part 9


    Date: 8/28/2017, Categories: Fantasy & Sci-Fi, Author: Levanahyll, Rating: 1, Source: LushStories

    beings. Their hands are stained with the blood of the innocent. They are evil incarnate.” Anniel heard the hard conviction in his voice. “But they are just there as a representation of all living sentient beings.” “It is a lie. The strongest of all civilizations come together to determine how to control and subjugate the weaker. Our people were told that because of the war that broke out in the Edenian solar system, enemy sources had bombarded our planet, trying to take over. The only ones bombarding the planet was our very own government with the help of the king. Our air is toxic because up in the poles is a machine they built that spews toxins into the atmosphere. When one of the council members questioned the existence of this machine, we were told that it was a shield to protect our civilization. The council member was conveniently killed not long afterwards.” “But how would they benefit from poisoning their own citizens,” Anniel asked. Cyneolle laughed. “They sell the ragers to other governments as soldiers.” “Ragers?” Anniel asked again. Seth stroked her arm, making her turn in his direction even though she couldn’t see him. “Flesh eaters, Anniel. The person dies but the body remains animated, just functioning on a basic level—eating living flesh.” “Zombies,” Ashriel sighed. Anniel shivered, her heart racing now. “Are you kidding me? But that’s just fiction. Zombies aren’t real. Please tell me you’re joking. We’re really not talking about the walking dead—are we?” “We ...
    are,” Cyneolle replied in his deep voice. His arms tightened around her. “These creatures have been sealed two hundred levels up, though once in a while they seep down into our levels. It’s a big city and most of the levels are not properly blocked off. They were mostly the lower class workers. They could not afford good respirators and slowly became poisoned. Pride kept them from replacing their damaged organs with cybernetics and before there was anything anyone could do, the contamination became an epidemic. They began attacking each other. Their biology changed and their bite became poisonous, more than the air. By the time the upper levels sealed them off it had spread fifty levels thick, taking up almost the entire level block across the city. We were cut off from the upper levels, but we have managed to survive. The ragers provide a certain amount of protection from the upper class levels. No one dares cross the fifty levels just above our section.” “That’s insane,” Anniel whispered clutching him tighter. Her lips began to form the name Gareth, but her child had been called something else for the past three hundred years. It seemed like only a little over a year for her, but not for him. Besides, he was no longer a child. “Cyn, What needs to be done to fix all of this so that you can come back home with me where you belong?” He stiffened and stepped back away from her, even though she tried to clutch onto him. Ashriel pulled her against him, one of his wings crossing ...
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